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So regular readers will know I\u2019ve been engaged in the process of working with my siblings to clean out my parents\u2019 house.\u00a0 In the basement, among all manner of boxes, were shelves full of fabric, half-finished craft projects, undone needlepoint and crewel kits, and a banker\u2019s box full of unmade patterns.\u00a0 There was even a box with the afghan on this magazine cover, half-made from the kit Mom had ordered.\u00a0 And there were a selection of women\u2019s magazines from the early 70s, a few of which I saved and brought back to look at.\u00a0 And, yes, in all of them were needlepoint and sewing projects in a way that just wouldn\u2019t exist any longer, along with home design ideas, health and beauty, cooking, and other topics.\u00a0 Here are a few of the more interesting pages:<\/p>\n
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Yes, this is a type of ad which certainly is timeless, \u201cmiracle method of losing weight.\u201d\u00a0 But this was 1970, and the housewife was German, and married her husband, an American, when he was stationed there in the army, and he\u2019s now stationed in Thailand.<\/p>\n
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And yes, there\u2019s an opportunity to buy an Encylopedia.<\/p>\n
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And another indicator of the time:\u00a0 an apparently ongoing series on \u201ccareers at home,\u201d and, in this case, the story of another immigrant woman, whose past involved serving in the Dutch underground resistance to the Japanese on the island of Java during World War II.<\/p>\n
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When was the last time you saw a manufacturer of sewing notions advertising in a general-interest women\u2019s magazine?\u00a0 Heck, I don\u2019t even know if they advertise in special-interest sewing machines.\u00a0 But sewing for fun and money-saving reasons was still a part of women\u2019s lives in 1970.<\/p>\n
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Here\u2019s an ad for the Simplicity pattern company.\u00a0 Other magazines featured patterns that could be ordered through the magazine.<\/p>\n
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And there were multiple offers for products to be had by sending in labels from soups, canned vegetables, etc., as well as, yes, recipes of exactly the sort that are now ruthlessly mocked for celebrating the usefulness of convenience foods.<\/p>\n
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And, finally, another slice of another era \u2014 before \u201cKraft Dinner\u201d was Canadian for macaroni & cheese, Kraft had a whole line of \u201cdinners\u201d including this one, and another with spaghetti & sauce.<\/p>\n
Now, that being said, it was sad to see box after box of unfinished projects and fabric that were never touched. Why did Mom buy so much that she was never going to use?\u00a0 Did she enjoy these projects?\u00a0 I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 But there you have it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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